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CULTURE OC OVATIONS
Anne Marie Panoringan
Dec 30, 20245 min read
Anne Marie's Favorite Restaurant Experiences in 2024
Our food columnist looks back on her year of dining out. Yellow curry with chicken from Nightingale. Photo by Anne Marie Panoringan,...
Culture OC Staff
Dec 27, 20248 min read
2024's Top 5 Moments in Visual Arts, Culture and Popular Music
From left: Enrique Iglesias , Miss Vietnam of Southern California, Viviana Nguyen, and a figure from Ide Chikae's "Viva! Volleyball." ...
Culture OC Staff
Dec 23, 20249 min read
2024's Top 5 Moments in Classical Music, Dance and Theater
From left: Tessa Auberjonois, Tianyi Liu and a dancer from the SoCal Ballet Scene Festival. Photo collage by Heide Janssen, Culture OC We...
Culture OC Editors
Dec 20, 20242 min read
Culture OC Writer Cynthia Rebolledo Receives the 2024 Ruben Salazar Award
Latino Journalists of California hands out the awards annually. Rebolledo was one of four winners. Left, the medal given for The Ruben...
Culture OC Editors
Dec 17, 20241 min read
'Under the Baton': PBS SoCal to Air a Special on Carl St.Clair
In partnership with Culture OC and a generous grant from the Orange County Community Foundation, PBS SoCal will air an interview with...
Culture OC Editors
Dec 3, 20241 min read
Culture OC’s Writers Receive Four National Arts Journalism Awards
Culture OC’s writing team enjoyed its best showing ever at the Los Angeles Press Club’s 17th annual National Arts and Entertainment...
Paul Hodgins
Nov 27, 20241 min read
Your Generosity Drives Cultural Journalism Forward
We’re growing, thanks to you! Culture OC is almost a month into our year-end fundraising campaign. Bolstered by generous matching...
Culture OC Editors
Nov 1, 20241 min read
Help Culture OC Grow
Tax-deductible donations given today will be doubled. Culture OC has arrived with a roar! Since launching our independent website less...
Paul Hodgins
Sep 10, 20242 min read
Happy Birthday to Us!
We’ve just blown out the candles. Culture OC celebrates its first birthday today! But we’re not going to sit around gorging on cake....
Culture OC Editors
Jul 16, 20241 min read
Anne Marie Panoringan and Anne Valdespino Win a 1st Place California Journalism Award
Culture OC writers Anne Marie Panoringan and Anne Valdespino were announced as the 1st place winners in the Food Writing/Reporting...
Culture OC Editors
Jul 5, 20242 min read
'Double Your Impact' with a Gift to Culture OC
Donations made in July will be doubled up to $5,000! Summer’s here and most of the 2023-24 performing arts season is over, although...
Culture OC Editors
Jun 14, 20243 min read
Culture OC Team Honored with 14 Awards from the OC Press Club
Awards for the Culture OC writing team includes five first place honors for 2023 stories. At the annual awards ceremony for the Orange...
Culture OC Editors
Mar 2, 20241 min read
Panoringan's February 2024 Appearance on the SoCal Restaurant Show
Culture OC's food columnist, Anne Marie Panoringan, joined the SoCal Restaurant Show on AM 830 KLAA, last Saturday, Feb. 24, 2024. She...
Culture OC Editors
Feb 8, 20241 min read
Paul Hodgins Makes an Appearance on 'This Day'
Our publisher and co-founder, Paul Hodgins, recently appeared on "This Day," a news program serving the residents of Laguna Woods. Watch...
Culture OC Editors
Jan 4, 20241 min read
Anne Marie's Latest Appearance on the SoCal Restaurant Show
Culture OC's food columnist, Anne Marie Panoringan, joined the SoCal Restaurant Show on AM 830 KLAA, this past Saturday, Dec. 30, 2023....
